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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

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82: Request for adopted person’s birth certificate must specify most recent names

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"Get an adopted person's birth certificate with their current name"

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When you ask for an adopted person's birth certificate under section 78, you must use their most recent name. You can find this name in the records from section 32 or 33, but not a name from an adoption that has been cancelled. You can also use a name that was registered later under section 71.

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82Request for adopted person’s birth certificate must specify most recent names

  1. A request made under section 78 for an adopted person’s birth certificate must be made by reference to—

  2. the name most recently registered for the adopted person under section 32 or 33 (other than a name or names derived from an adoption that has been discharged); or
    1. a name or names later registered for the adopted person under section 71.